People who wouldn’t think of shoplifting a software product on their lunch hour don’t think twice about going back to the office and making several illegal copies of the same software.

Making unauthorized copies of software is a violation of U.S. Copyright Law. Yet, the problem has reached epidemic proportions because many people are unaware, or simply choose to ignore the law. The software industry is urging decision-makers and software users to take steps to stop software piracy in their organizations. In the meantime, the industry has been forced to prosecute willful copyright violators.

There are legal, moral and economic imperatives forbidding theft of copyrighted software.

There is a free pamphlet on the subject. Call or write for a copy. A copy. A copy. A copy for everyone you know.
Please ask for Priscilla.

It was either Sid Meiers Pirates for the Apple 2e or the original Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple 2e. I remember Pirates was basically useless without the map, so I had to find a friend with a copy of the map and xerox it.

My first was a collection of cracked Apple II games on a double-sided 5.25″ floppy, but I only remember a few of the games that worked (most didn’t) — Mario Bros., Spy Hunter, Repton, and Moon Patrol. Having a stepfather working in his brother’s computer store was useful for acquiring software, I can say that much.

I knew a guy who made an RPG for the TI-99/4A. In order to play it, you do have to back it up to another floppy disk. Never bought it, and was too honest to keep it after borrowing it from him(Ie I erased it all afterward). Copied plenty else though for the TI back in the day. Just not the local friend’s commercial software.

Can’t remember, but it had to be some game or another for the Atari ST since it was the first computer I owned. Previously I had helped friends make a copy or two for the Commodore 64 and the MSX but that wasn’t technically for me so…

It was very much a different time then and yet so much haven’t changed about it. Parents still don’t know what it’s all about. Kids still send games to each other (or links to the torrent files) and despite all of this the games industry is larger than ever. Go figure…

I received a floppy for my Atari 800 that had four games on it with this cool bootloader. Archon, Bluemax, Eastern Front (which I never beat) and another game I don’t remember the name of.
This was back in about 1985ish.

I don’t really understand why the reader is advised to ask for Priscilla. Shouldn’t the organization know how to handle requests for the pamphlet without having to specify a particular contact person in the ad?

And isn’t that guy letting his fingernails get a bit long? Is that supposed to represent “me” making a copy of a piece of software?

I don’t remember the very first pirated software I encountered, but I particularly remember the way they would alter the title screens. The Bilestoad title screen featured the message “The Dirty Dozen Rules.” Where are they now?